Performance Appraisal is an ongoing series revising Ramírez's body of work through the lens of bureaucracy. The framework of a 'performance appraisal' implies Ramírez' ouvre is being measured, reviewed and valorised. In the event of re-showing a work that has undergone an appraisal—without the mechanisms that make it an appraisal—he simply retitles it as Dead Work with a number matching the appraisal.
For Performance Appraisal 3, Ramírez re-staged his past exhibition Vampires of the Earth (2023) in the group show Molten Tongues curated by Jake Treacy, with the inclusion of a 'performance review' document that measured his works in relation to The White Pube's essay The Problem With Diaspora Art (2023). The sheet was inside a fire proof case (Molten Tongues was an exhibition about fire): in case of a fire, only criticism remains.
